A lil' christmas present

The wonderful people at Cushi Tush sent me a toy version of their fabulous baby seat!!! (click here for the original review) I was so excited when they told me they had made a toy version (the lil' cushi tush), when we originally got the full size seat 4year old, 3year old and 2year old all faught over it to try and put their dolls, barbies and teddies in it before I'd even put the pudding in!!

When it arrived it was greeted by the usual ooohs and ahhhs but the look of joy on their faces when i told them it was for them to play with was just fab! It is exactly like the baby seat just scaled down and is super cute!!

Once again it is available in 4 colours blue, pink, green and orange. It is designed and made exclusively in the UK. The Lil’ Cushi Tush is a toy version of the original Cushi Tush babyseat created due to customer demand. It provides children with a safe toy to play with and the Lil’ Cushi Tush encourages both independent and group play. It is aged for 3years + but 2year old loves playing with it too!!

If you're looking for a fun little Christmas present or a stocking filler for your little ones, it is only £12.65!! for hours of role play fun!

Talking of little ones, here are my two playing with the lil' cushi tush and the original cushi tush.

It's definitely got the thumbs up from our judging panel xxx

Age of 'NO'

3year old has hit the stubborn button at the moment. Everything is NO even if she still does what i ask her too she still says No straight away. I know she is just asserting herself and learning to make her own choices but it is starting to make me pull my hair out slightly. For example:

Me: can you get those wipes for mummy

3year old: No (goes to get wipes)

Me: thank you

3year old: (stomps off)

The best ones are when she drops some food on the floor and I ask her to put it in the bin

Me: Pick that up please and put it in the bin

3year old: NO I DON'T WANT TOO

Me: please put it in the bin, rubbish belongs in the bin

3year old: NO

Me: put it in the bin please or it is the naughty step for you

3year old: NO I DON'T WANT TOO (puts it in the bin)

Me: thank you

3year old: (sticks tongue out) poopie (her word for poo)

Charming!!! She always has to have the last word cheeky thing!!

She also has started refusing to eat her breakfast with the same conversation's as before but she doesn't eat it at all.

Is this her just being stubborn?
Should i call her bluff and not give her any cereal or am i just giving in by doing this?

I took her to choose her own cereal today, so if she doesn't eat it i know she is just playing up.

4year old was never this bolshy so any tips for getting through this grumpy phase would be well received :)

Anyway here's to a grump free weekend, enjoy everyone xxxx

Is your 4-7 year old cute??

The Next Generation Children’s Competition 2009 launches today on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nextonline) !!!!

I love Next's clothes and so does 4year old so I will be entering her because she is gorgeous and has a fab figure (i maybe a bit biased lol) But if your child is cute and you think they could be a contender, enter the comp and upload a picture of them in their fav party or winter wear and fingers crossed they could win!!!!

Alongside the Children’s Competition they are also be running an event for the Make a Wish foundation. They will be inviting children aged 0-16 to draw a picture showing “their wish” and upload a photo of the picture to the Make a Wish event on our Facebook page. A panel of judges at Next will choose the top fifty designs and the entrants responsible for the top designs will then be asked to submit their original drawings and join in all the fun of the competition final at Woburn Abbey on 21st December, when an overall winner will be selected. This design will be manufactured by Next, with sales benefiting the Make-a-wish Foundation.

So two great things to get involved in!! Good luck to everyone xxxxx

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Wordless Wednesday

There was an almighty crash from the kitchen the other day. Hubby had smashed a cup...typical! But when i came to inspect the damage i was greeted by the most brain boggling site!!!

WTF happened to cause this plastic glass to get stuck in the cup???? How did he do it? Answers below please and happy wordless Wednesday xxxxxx

Public property

I can't believe we are in November already!!! I've already started hammering the overtime in preparation for Christmas presents and funding the Christmas season. I already feel under prepared and it's not even December yet!! November will be a long month for us due to sickness and rubbish sick pay so it is a case of belt tightening this month to get us all back on the straight and narrow for December.

I've also had a hormone outbreak with everything feeling like it is the end of the world and how i want everything done NOW etc. I had just got used to being in control of my feelings and now i am at the mercy of raging pregnancy hormones, i think I've already cried three times since Saturday already and sat pondering about trivial things that i have no control over.

Baby bump has had a little spurt, with it now being clear to anyone that I am pregnant, I have mixed feelings about being open to the world now bump can be seen. I found it easy telling all my lovely blogger and twitter friends about new bump because everyone is so friendly. They make me feel like having a 5th child is normal, but I am feeling a bit shy this time about being pregnant for the 5th time and having every man and his dog looking at me like I'm crazy.

I have become a bit sensitive to the 'you must be crazy' comments and' you need your head feeling' and my all time fav 'you must be a glutton for punishment'. Some comments are said in a light hearted way (which is fine, I do have a sense of humour) but some come with added venom and criticism. I am now very shy about telling people face to face around me because of the barrage of questions that come my way after telling them. My dad let it slip in 4year old's school playground today that number 5 was on the way, I didn't go to pick her up because I didn't want to face it all.

This is so unlike me, maybe it is just the hormones which are making me a bit silly or I am just feeling a bit vulnerable at the moment. All that I know is that I want this baby so much, she/he makes me feel excited about meeting them and I know that I love all my other 4children so much. But to clarify:

• I am trying to move house to give everyone more room,
• I will be able to cope with another one,
• Yes I do like having children,
• No I am not worried about having 5children
• No i won't have anymore
• Yes I'd like a boy, but i will be happy with a healthily happy baby
• No if it is a girl i won't be trying again
• Oh and thanks for the congratulations, oh sorry you didn't say that, oh well.

I think I will print out this list and put it on a card to hand out to any passer by who decides it's ok to grill me. Rant over. Thank you to everyone who left me such lovely comments on my scan picture, you guys are the best xxxxxxx

spooky goings on!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

On the few days leading up this spooky day we at the and1moremeansfour household have been making fun decorations and other crafty things to celebrate.

Ghost and monster skittles



The back of our spooky house


Here is the front, it is made from an old cereal box, there is even a ghost in the attic wooooooo!

And of course our fireplace, with Jack our pumpkin and some pumpkin faces dangling around.

So there you go! All made by me and my girls, we had so much fun and I'm sure we'll have even more fun today. Hope everyone sleeps well tonight MWA HA HA HA HA!!! xxx